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LLJKSiLk
Jul 7, 2005

by Athanatos
Questions on using this to serve media:

Would I be loving myself to put some WD "Green" 5400rpm drives to stream video, etc. to an XBox 360 or should I consider nothing less than 7200rpm?

I'm wanting to build one.

Is the Maximum PC build the way to go? What is the max I should look at putting into this as far as specs go (prior to veil or whatever)?

My use is pretty much file storage, media streaming of music/video to xbox 360, PS3, PC, Laptop.

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LLJKSiLk
Jul 7, 2005

by Athanatos
Just ordered two EX490 MediaSmart servers.

My primary use is file storage (documents, photos, music, videos) and streaming (xbox 360/ps3).

I am wanting to purchase 3 drives to put in the remaining slots. Anyone have anything against me purchasing 3 of the WD20EARS "green" drives in terms of performance issues?

Also - am I capable of running a web server on one of these? (Low traffic, maybe 5-10 users).

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